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They wrote in the name of the king and sealed the order with the king's royal ring. They sent the letters out by messengers on horseback.
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Mordecai ordered the Jews to live according to their own laws and to defend themselves. He allowed them to do as they wished to their attackers and opponents
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throughout Artaxerxes' entire kingdom, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).
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Let copies of this decree be displayed publicly throughout the kingdom so that all the Jews may be ready on this day to do battle with their enemies.
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Messengers on horses sped off to do as the king said, and the law was made public in the city of Susa.